John 9:2

And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

In Context

1And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.

3Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;

Matthew 23:7and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

John 9:34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8

Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →

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